Combined safety razor and blade sharpener



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Patented Mar. 29, 1927.

UNITED STATES THOMAS B. CREWS, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

COMBINED SAFETY RAZOR AND BLADE SHARPENER.

Application filed April 13, 1925. Serial No. 22,652.

My invention relates to improvements in combined safety razors and bladeSharpeners, and has for its primary object a device which can be usedeither as a safety razor or as a device to hold the blades while beingsharpened and stropped.

A further object is to construct a combined safety razor and bladesharpener in which a double edged blade is designed to be held and whichis provided with a pivoted and rotating shield by means of which eitheredge of the blade can be protected during the stropping, and which isprovided with a removable guard, which can be readily placed in positionwhen it is desired to use the device as a razor.

In the drawings Fig. 1 is a plan view of my device showing a bladetherein and illustrating the manner of swinging the shield away from theblade by dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a cross section taken on the line 2-2of Fig. 1 and illustrating the manner of stropping one side of theblade.

ig. 3 is a longitudinal section of the handle taken on the line 3-3 ofFig. 1 and showing the device with the shield removed.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the shield.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the swivel for the shield. i

Fig. 6 is a side elevation of my device when arranged as a razor.

Fig. 7 is a front view of the same with part of the handle broken away;and

Fig. 8 is a top plan view of the guard.

In the construction of my device, I employ a handle 9 which ispreferably hollow as illustrated in Fig. 3, and which has its open endclosed by means of a plug or knob 10. The opposite end of the handle isprovided with a screw threaded lug 11, which is designed to be securedin the screw threaded socket 12 formed in the blade holder. The bladeholder is provided with the end 13 in which a screw threaded socket isformed and also with a groove 14 in which the swivel 15 is located. Thisswivel is formed of a piece of sheet metal bent in the form of a circleand is provided with perforated cars 16. The forward portion of theblade holder is flattened so as to be substantially elliptical in shapeand is composed of two members 17. These members are spaced apart andhave secured therebetween strips of cork or similar material 18. Thepurpose of the cork it to tightly grip the blade and prevent the samefrom slipping. Pivotally secured to the cars 16 are cars 19, which areformed integral with the shield. The shield is substantially U shaped incross section and has its one face provided with slots 20; the purposeof these slots will be explained in detail later. The free edge of theshield is slightly rounded as at 21 so that it will pass partially overthe portions '17 of the blade holder. Adjacent the curved portion 21 arelongitudinally extending depressions 22, which are also for the purposeof coming in contact with the portions 17 and preventing the shield frombeing pushed forward and contacting with the edge of the blade. It is tobe understood, of course, that the shield is formed of spring materialand be stiff enough so that the stropping will not force the shield utof the position illustrated in Fig. 2.

When it is desired to use my device as a razor the handle 9 is unscrewedfrom the screw threaded socket 12 and secured in a boss 23, which isprovided with a screw threaded socket. Secured to the boss 23 is a guardwhich is substantially U shaped in cross section and which is designedto be slipped over the shield. The portion 24 of the guard is solid asillustrated in Fig. 8

and is provided on its forward edge with a plurality of spaced apartteeth 25. These teeth are for the purpose of preventing the personshaving from cutting himself. The remaining portion of the guard iscomposed of strips 26, which are of a width to fit in the slots 20 andthus prevent any possibility of the guard shifting while in use. Theforward edges 27 of these strips are'designed to bear against the blade28 and to prevent any springing of the edge of the blade when the deviceis in use. This guard is also made of spring material so that it can beeasily attached and detached.

When it is desired to strop a razor blade, the shield is swung intoposition indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1, the blade then insertedbetween the cork filler 18 and securely held therein by means of themembers 17, which are formed of spring material so that they will giveslightly. After the blade has been thus secured properly in position theshield is swung into position indicated by solid lines in Fig. 1 and thedevice is ready for stropping or honing. The blade can now .be handledlike an ordinary razor blade,

' the shield is being held with the other, thus bringing the sharpenededge in position to be covered by the shield. The other edge of theblade can now be sharpened in the same manner.

When it is desired to use the device as a razor the guard 24: is placedin posit-ion, the handle 9'unscrewed from the blade holder and screwedinto the boss 23. Should it be found desirable, the guard can be movedforward or back, thus regulating the degree of closeness of the shave.

It will be seen from the foregoing that with my device a double edgedblade can be stropped with the same motion now emloyed in stropping theold fashioned razor lade, there being absolutely no possibility whenturning .the blade for reversing the stroke of cutting the strop as isthe case where both edges of the blade are exposed.

Having fully described my invention, What I claim is I 1. A combinedsafety razor and blade sharpener comprisin a blade holder, a shieldcarried by said hol er, a handle removably secured to said holder, aguard detachably secured over said holder and shield, and means fordetachably securing said handle to said ard.

2. device of the class described comprisin a holder, a shield pivotallysecured to sald holder and adapted to cover one edge of a double edgeblade, a handle removably secured to said holder, a guard detachablysecured over said holder and shield, and means for detachably securingsaid handle to said guard.

3. A device of the class described comprising a blade holder, a shieldpivotally and rotatably secured at one end to said holder whereby saidshield can be moved so as to cover either edge of a double edge blade, ahandle removably secured to said holder, a guard detachably secured oversaid holder and shield, and means for securing said handle to saidguard.

4. A device of the class described comprising a blade holder having aslit end, strips of cork located in saidslit end to frictionally engagewith a razor blade, a.

shield carried by said holder secured thereto, adjacent one end,removably secured to said holder,

and pivotally a handle a guard detachably secured over said holder andshield, and means whereby said handle may be attached to said guard. 1

5. In a device of the class described comprising a blade holder, aswivel carried by said holder adjacent one end, a shield pivotallysecured to said swivel, a handle removably secured to said holder, aguard detachably secured over said holder and shield, and means carriedby said guard for securing said handle thereto.

6. A device of the class described comprising a blade holder having aslit end, a swivel carried by said holder and adjacent one end thereof,a shield pivotally carried by said swivel, a handle removably secured tosaid holder, a guard detachably secured over said holder and shield, andmeans carried by said guard for securing said handle thereto.

7 A device of the class described comprising a blade holder, a swivellocated on said holder and adjacent one end thereof, perforated earsformed on said swivel, a shield pivotally secured to said ears, a handleremovably secured to said holder, a guard detachably secured over saidholder and shield, and means carried by said guard for securing saidhandle thereto.

8. A device of the class described comprising a blade holder, a shieldhaving slots in one face pivotally and. swivelly carried by said holder,a guard detachably secured over said holder and shield, strips carriedby said guard and adapted to enter the slots in said shield forpreventing side movement of said guard, a handle, and means whereby saidhandle can be detachably secured to either the holder or the guard.

9. A device for clamping a safety razor blade which comprises a handlemember to which a pair of resilient members are connected, a clampingmember rotatably mounted on the handle member having a pair of resilientparts which engage the opposite sides of the said resilient members anda portion which serves as a rest for the blade when it is being stroppedor honed.

10. In combination, a handle member, a pair of razor blade receivingmembers connected to .the handle member, means for clamping the bladereceiving members together comprising a member comprising a collar whichturns on the handle and to which the clamping means is connected andhavin a curved edge and a pair of pinching edges which engage the bladereceiving members.

11. In combination, a handle member, a pair of razor blade receivinmembers connected to the handle member, means for clamping the bladereceiving members together comprising a member having a curved edge anda pair of pinching ed es which engage the blade receiving mem ers, and

pivotal means connected to the handle for reversing the position of thepinching edges with relation to the .edgesof the razor blade in theblade receiving members.

12. A device for the purpose described comprising in combination, ahandle, means connected to the handle for receiving a safety razorblade, means for clamping the blade in said means, but leaving a cuttingedge exposed, the clamping means being pivotally 10 and rotatablyconnected to the handle whereby the same may be reversed and the othercutting edge exposed.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature. I

THOMAS B. CREWS.

